Elise Båtnes

Elise Båtnes began playing the violin at the age of four and made her first appearance as soloist with the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra four years later. She gave her first performance with the Oslo Philharmonic in 1981 at the age of ten when she appeared as soloist in a children’s concert conducted by Mariss Jansons. In 1982 she performed again with the Oslo Philharmonic and since then has played as soloist with all the major Norwegian symphony orchestras in numerous countries. As first concert master of the Oslo Philharmonic she continues to appear with leading orchestras and conductors around the world. Over a period of nine years she served as concert master of the Danish Radio Orchestra and the West German Radio Symphony Orchestra in Cologne. Elise Båtnes has extensive experience in chamber music and has performed at many chamber music festivals together with noted Norwegian pianists such as Leif Ove Andsnes, Håvard Gimse, Sveinung Bjelland and Einar Henning Smebye. She was formerly a member of the award-winning Vertavo String Quartet. In 2008, together with pianist Håvard Gimse, she released the recording Bartók featuring the violin music of Béla Bartók (Simax Classics). In 2010 she participated in recording the clarinet quintets by Mozart and Brahms with the Oslo Philharmonic Chamber Group (LAWO Classics). Elise Båtnes plays an Arditi violin made by A. Stradivari in 1689, on loan from Dextra Musica

May 2015